The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on Kenichi Ugana’s The Curse (Taiwan / Japan, 2025), now screening at Fantastic Fest 2025! Kenichi Ugana’s The Curse has the punk sensibility—down to its scratchy opening title card that looks like a punk zine cover—the gleeful gore, the dark […]
Anyone that knows me will tell you that I’m a sucker for an unconventional animal-themed film and while it doesn’t have the in-your-face animated aesthetic of last year’s Flow, György Pálfi’s new film ‘Hen’ chicken-scratches that itch in a major way.
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate the 30th anniversary of Clueless (USA, 1995)! “Clueless, a cinematic treasure, just turned 30 years old this year. Could we let its anniversary pass by without talking about it? AS IF! […]
As part of an ongoing translation/subtitling project, friend of the Gutter has shared a clip from the Hungarian film, Kojak In Istanbul. Watch Kojak learn how to shop for trousers at Neon Harbor.
It’s Fantastic Fest time again and the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo and I were lucky enough to receive press accreditation again. We are cub reporters no more.We hang out in the virtual lounge and tip our fedoras at passing fancy people. We write at late hours and at […]
The Sachin Hingoo has thoughts on 4 more films from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival: Frankenstein (USA, 2025); Dust Bunny (USA, 2025); Train Dreams (USA, 2025); and, The Ugly (South Korea, 2025)! “As we enter the back half of TIFFty and the films start to almost literally […]
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